Eoin Ó Broin
Question:184. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery. [21793/16]
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Questions (184)
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Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.
Home Help Service Provision
Questions (185)
Éamon Ó Cuív
Question:185. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when he will provide home help hours for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21794/16]
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As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
Question No. 186 answered with Question No. 154.
Drug Trials
Questions (187)
Brendan Smith
Question:187. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health his proposals to licence and authorise the drug Ampligen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21797/16]
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Ampligen is an experimental drug currently undergoing clinical development and has not been authorised to be placed on the market in Europe. Before a medicine can be placed on the Irish market the manufacturer has to seek an authorisation from the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) or in the case of certain medicinal products, the European Medicines Agency (EMA). In the case of Ampligen, because of the biotechnology nature of the active substance involved, any application for a marketing authorisation must be made to the EMA. I have no information on whether or not such an application has been received by the EMA.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the regulatory authority for medicines in the US. I understand that the FDA has refused an application to make this product available in the US citing safety and efficacy concerns.
Hospital Appointments Status
Questions (188)
Michael Healy-Rae
Question:188. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a cancelled operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21801/16]
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Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
In relation to the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.
Charities Regulation
Questions (189)
Michael Healy-Rae
Question:189. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21808/16]
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I understand that funding referred to was drawn from the Order of St. John of Gods own funding and was not drawn from public funds provided through the HSE. As such, I have no role in the matter.
Separately, the HSE has arranged for external reviews to take place which involves an examination by external consultants of the governance at Board and Executive level in the Section 38 service providers so as to establish the level and standard of governance in place in these organisations and to independently confirm that the governance practices and procedures accord with those set out in their respective Annual Compliance Statements.
Hospital Consultant Recruitment
Questions (190)
Robert Troy
Question:190. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of new consultants in the emergency department in the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath; the number of new appointments he will make in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21809/16]
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I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.
Hospital Services
Questions (191)
Robert Troy
Question:191. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the status of establishing an electronic pigmented lesions clinic in the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [21810/16]
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.
Hospital Staff Recruitment
Questions (192)
Robert Troy
Question:192. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a podiatry post in the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [21811/16]
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.